#1005. P Letter Ideas

Letter "P": BOOK:"Pocket for Corduroy" Read story , open ended- you can end up doing a whole unit on bears if desired or ... Make'pockets' from wallpaper / have kids use memory and matching / vis.discrim. @ Circle. Copy Corduroy / ave kids cut a little pocket fromwallpaper and glue on.PICKLES: Make paper pickles on green paper. Kids cut and cut a 'jar 'for fine otor activity and glue 3 pickles in jar. At Circle play "Whotook the pickle from the Pickle jar..." game . For fine motor / havekids pick up paper pickles (bent sligtly ) with a clothespin. Forphonemic awareness (and fun) recite 'Peter Piper picked a peck ofpickled peppers.....POOH: Dont forget Pooh and Paddington stories.PLAYDOH and play."P" Cut out the letter "P" /let kids paint it Pink and Purple eitherwith little cars or marbles then make a word wall of all the "P" wordsthey can think of.PLANES : Make paper planes. Talk about transprtation.PENGUIN facts for Science lesson . Penguin art too.PAIRS: Do with any pairs - hands, feet, socks , mittens, eyes........!Patchwork quilts - make a little one with scraps of wallpaper.Don't forget to compile those ideas... Please! Laurie

For P, how about popsicle patterns, graphing favorite flavors, having a pajamaparty and reading Ira Sleeps Over, making peanut butter and doing a taste testto see who likes homemade peanut butter vs. store bought, so some planting,construct pictures with popsicle sticks, make patterns with these, open apuppet center and at the art center have a variety of things on hand to makepuppets.

yes and with the popsicles, I have just drawn one on white paper, thencopier . Kids watercolor and glue on the 2 sticks - the purple looksgood enough to eat!! laurie

*read The Pickle Creature*eat those big ole squishy dill pickles (my kids still ask for pickles)*use peppermints (individually wrapped) as counters*use pennies as counters*cut out /p/ pics from magazines*cut Pp from magazines and glue onto paper*read the Three Little Pigs & The True Story of the Three Little Pigs*eat pigs-in-a-blanket*have a picnic*eat popcorn*eat pie*make paper*eat pineapple

•Piggy BankWhen I was a small tot, a neighbor lady made me a gift. I don't know theinstructions, but probably was easy, and maybe you've seen one. Using ableach bottle she made me a piggy bank. All she used was glue, clorox bottle,and 4 corks. I loved that little gift, and it's still in my fondmemories..corks were for feet, top of the bottle was nose, eyes drawn on, andthen curly tail out of extra plastic, money slot cut in "back" of pig.

•Pudding PaintingMix up several batches of instant pudding to finger paint with

•Polk-a-dot Ps Prepare a P for each child to cut out and decorate with polk-a-dots. Usebuttons, paints, stickers, etc.

•Pass the PotatoHave the children sit in a circle, let them pass a potato around by tossing itas you play music. When the music stops, whoever is holding the potato is"out."

•Peanut ButterHave the children help shell enough peanuts to make 2 cups. Put aprox 2 Tbls.of salad oil into a blender and gradually add the peanuts, blending untilsmooth.

• A ditto with the letter Pp, the children color it in (trying to stay in thelines) then we will glue on dried split peas

•Read a story of Polka the Pig and after reading it to them we will make apuppet of her

•paint with pink and purple

•A successful P activity is to make popsicle stick puzzles. The children line up popsicle sticks(line them up side by side, forming a rectangle) and use masking tape to tape them together. They write their name on each stick and turn the sticks over. They color a picture on the popsicle sticks. When finished, they take the tape off, mix up the sticks, and do their puizzle. They love exchanging puzzles with friends. If a piece drops, it's easily returned since the children's names are on each popsicle stick!

•Perky Penguin.I made patterns from cardboard. I made a shape like an upside down U in blackand another a little smaller in white. I used orange and cut out a diamond tofold in half as a beak and used googly eyes. I also cut out the letter P andthey glue it on his "tux".I cut out the shapes from the construction paper andthey glued the pieces together.My class knows that where there is an X theyneed to put glue and then I tell them what piece goes on next.

•PIZZA DAY: How about a Pizza Day for P? I'm actually having a Pizza day this Friday. Iput out english muffin halves, pizza sauce, shredded cheese, pepperoni, andhot dog slices. The children build their pizza the way they like to eat itand we cook it in a 350 oven for 5 minutes or so (until cheese is melted) andwe eat them for snack

•Pizza Game: My co-teacher made a very cute pizza game. She cut a roundcircle out of yellow poster board and then cut the circle into four quarters(pizza slices). On each slice she drew 7 or 8 circles. Then she cut out lotsof red circles (pepperoni) that would fit on the 7 or 8 circles she drew onthe pizza slices. She bought a plain wooden dice and put white sticky circleson all sides. On some of the circles she wrote a 1, on some she wrote a 2,and on 1 circle she drew a set of "teeth." THE GAME: Everyone begins with apizza slice....all pepperoni circles are in the center of the table. If youroll a 1...you put 1 pepperoni on your pizza. If you roll a 2.... 2 pepperonis go on your pizza. If you roll the set of teeth....OOPPSS! Yougot HUNGRY and ate one pepperoni....you take one off your card and place itback in the center of the table. When you have covered all your circles withpepperonis...your slice is done. Continue playing ...when the second sliceis done...combine it with the first slice....now you have half a pizza.Contintue until all the slices are covered with pepperonis and your pizza iscomplete!!

•PIZZA ART: Depending on your age group you can precut or have thechildren cut them themselves. You will need: 1 white circle. Mix glue andred tempera paint. Spread this "pizza sauce" on the crust of your pizza (thewhite circle). Sprinkle on cheese. (we cut yellow and orange tissue in thinstrips and the children crumpled them and sprinkled them on. Put on pepperoni(red circles), green pepper strips/ white mushrooms (white mushroom halfshapes)...

•ALTERNATIVE PIZZA IDEA: You could use red circles for your pizza andVegetable Print....Mushrooms/Peppers/Onions etc. on top.

• BOOK: CURIOUS GEORGE AND THE PIZZA

•Make a pizza prop box I use every year. Here's how. Ask your nearest pizzarestaurant for a few different sized pizza boxes (small, med, and large) andthe cardboard circles they put pizzas "to go" on. Cut red felt circles tomatch the cardboard circles. Cut some circles into slices. Cut up some whiteyarn for mozarella cheese, yellow felt pineapple chunks, biege felt mushrooms,reddish brown felt blobs for sausage, red felt circles dotted with blackmarker for pepperoni, green felt in the shape of sliced green peppers, blackfelt circles for olives. Make some menus with these items drawn on in feltpen and the words for them and small med. and large and prices. I keep eachpizza topping in its own zip-lock bag when I store this for the next year.Bring out the cash register, phone, pens and pads, aprons, cooks hats, etc.and open your pizza restaurant.

•We always go to a pizza hut or similar on a field trip. Most will let youmake your own pizza and show the kids around, etc.

•We also make our own pizza restaurant using playdough and pattern blocks.You can make menus with particular patterns to copy with the pattern blocks.A good way to get math to those who don't usually go to the math center.

•We make art pizza too, but I don't bother cutting out stuff anymore. Justgive them circles and red glue-paint, white yarn pieces for cheese and collageshapes, little foam or paper ones - whatever you have around.

•After we went to the real pizza place and made our own pizzas we made a"thank-you" pizza for the restaurant to hang. I used a large foam core circleand we made the crust from Model Magic (children kneed a little bit of orangeliquid water color into the model magic and formed it around the edge of thelarge circle. Then I filled the middle with wall compound and the childrenstuck yarn pieces, and died woodle-bits into the wall compound. Next time Iwould get someone to cut a wooden circle because the foam core did tend towarp a little and I ended up having to glue some of the wood pieces back onafter it dried.

•Pigs and Monkeys. You can use any animals however. Split your class intotwo groups and let them pick which animal they want to be. This goes greatwith many themes because you can give the kids choices of animals that goalong with your theme. After they choose their animals they close their eyes(eyes stay closed for the rest of the game) and you move them to differentareas in the room away from other members of their group. When they are allover the room you say "GO" and they make the noise of the animal their groupchose. They need to find each other by sound only. Their eyes should stayclosed. This game works better with older kids. Oh, and don't forget to movethe tables out of the way!!! The game gets loud and sometimes a little rowdybut the kids I've played it with love it!!!

•We make pizzas every year for P week too. (painted, I mean). A fun thing todo for the chees is to sprinkle cornmeal over the painted circle before itdries. The drying paint will hold it on. This makes an interesting textureand the children love shaking the cornmeal. I use an old large salt shaker.

•It's also fun to make popcorn. If you can take your popcorn popper outsideor clear a large space on the floor. Put the popper on a clean sheet and popthe corn without the top on. This is so much fun as the children see thepopcorn fly through the air. Most of it will land on the sheet and after allthe popcorn has popped, the children can pick it up and eat it. Make sure youhave the children stand back from the popper as the popcorn is pretty hotright after it pops. This is a real treat for the children!

•One book that is a definite must for P week is The Piggie In The Puddle byCharlotte Pomerantz. It's published by Aladdin Books. This is one of myfavorite books! Written in rhyming form, it's the story of a little piggieplaying in a mud puddle who won't get out when her family asks her to. Oh,what's a family to do? Read and find out!

•Another big hit with the kids is "The Big Pumpkin" by Erica Silverman... withthe sing-along story tape .. they never get tired of it...

•SAM THE PIZZA MAN Hold both hands out, palms up Sam the Pizza man put a pizza in a pan dot the air and rub tummy And he put a lotta sausage on the top. (that's good) Now I know if he would only put index finger on chin Add the pepperoni, shake head yes He would have a nice-a pizza! Serveit hot I would!!!!!

•PUNCHINELLO Have the children stand in a circle & pick a child to stand it the center.Thechild in the center will do something & the rest of the children must followwhile singing this song.After the song is sung a new child is picked by the child in the center.

What can you do, Punchinello funny fellow?

What can you do, Punchinello funny you?

We can do it too, Punchinello funny fellow.

We can do it too, Punchinello funny you.

•Letter p- Cut a p out of strong paper and let the children glue on popcorn.

•Pineapples-Buy a pineapple for the children to investigate. Talk aboutshape, size and texture. Cut it up and let the children try it. Compare itwith an apple.

•Paper Bag Puppets-Cut out circles for heads, arms and feet. Let childrendecorate with hair and color. Put on a puppet show

•Porcupine - a small potato/two small craft sticks/uncooked spaghetti/wiggleeyes; break craft sticks in half and place on bottom of potato for legs; glueon wiggle eyes; break uncooked spaghetti into pieces and stick into potato

Place 1 lb. can in center of 3 lb can. Fill 1 lb. can with ice creamingredients. Layer crushed ice and rock salt around the small 1 lb. can. Cover both with their plastic lids. Sit in a circle onfloor and roll the can back and forth for about 15 minutes.

• "Pat a cake, pat a cake ,Pizza Man. Make me a pizza as fast as you can! Roll it and toss it and sprinkle it with cheese. And don't forget 5 pepperonis ,please !!" Hope you can use this sometime !! The kids enjoy "spreading " red finger paint over a brown circle, thensprinkling paper "cheese" strips and finally putting the little red papercircles on for the pepperoni............

Activity PMake popcorn. Call your child into an area where they can hear the popcornpop. Each time he hears a pop your child should hop like corn popping andsay "pop". You may want to write the word "pop" on a piece of cardstock andhave the children hold their pop sign high in the air each time they say theword "pop".

P = peanut shells

Pathways can be explored as children move from one area to another. Move in astraight, zigzag, or curved path.

•Piggy BankWhen I was a small tot, a neighbor lady made me a gift. I don't know theinstructions, but probably was easy, and maybe you've seen one. Using ableach bottle she made me a piggy bank. All she used was glue, cloroxbottle,and 4 corks. I loved that little gift, and it's still in my fondmemories..corks were for feet, top of the bottle was nose, eyes drawn on,andthen curly tail out of extra plastic, money slot cut in "back" of pig.

•Pudding PaintingMix up several batches of instant pudding to finger paint with

•Polk-a-dot PsPrepare a P for each child to cut out and decorate with polk-a-dots. Usebuttons, paints, stickers, etc.

•Pass the PotatoHave the children sit in a circle, let them pass a potato around by tossingitas you play music. When the music stops, whoever is holding the potato is"out."

•Peanut ButterHave the children help shell enough peanuts to make 2 cups. Put aprox 2Tbls.of salad oil into a blender and gradually add the peanuts, blending untilsmooth.

• A ditto with the letter Pp, the children color it in (trying to stay inthelines) then we will glue on dried split peas

•Read a story of Polka the Pig and after reading it to them we will make apuppet of her

•paint with pink and purple

•A successful P activity is to make popsicle stick puzzles. Thechildren line up popsicle sticks(line them up side by side, forming arectangle) and use masking tape to tape them together. They writetheir name on each stick and turn the sticks over. They color apicture on the popsicle sticks. When finished, they take the tape off,mix up the sticks, and do their puizzle. They love exchanging puzzleswith friends. If a piece drops, it's easily returned since thechildren's names are on each popsicle stick!

•Perky Penguin.I made patterns from cardboard. I made a shape like an upside down U inblackand another a little smaller in white. I used orange and cut out a diamondtofold in half as a beak and used googly eyes. I also cut out the letter Pandthey glue it on his "tux".I cut out the shapes from the construction paperandthey glued the pieces together.My class knows that where there is an X theyneed to put glue and then I tell them what piece goes on next.

•PIZZA DAY: How about a Pizza Day for P? I'm actually having a Pizza day this Friday. Iput out english muffin halves, pizza sauce, shredded cheese, pepperoni,andhot dog slices. The children build their pizza the way they like to eat itand we cook it in a 350 oven for 5 minutes or so (until cheese is melted)andwe eat them for snack

•Pizza Game: My co-teacher made a very cute pizza game. She cut a roundcircle out of yellow poster board and then cut the circle into fourquarters(pizza slices). On each slice she drew 7 or 8 circles. Then she cut outlotsof red circles (pepperoni) that would fit on the 7 or 8 circles she drewonthe pizza slices. She bought a plain wooden dice and put white stickycircleson all sides. On some of the circles she wrote a 1, on some she wrote a 2,and on 1 circle she drew a set of "teeth." THE GAME: Everyone beginswith apizza slice....all pepperoni circles are in the center of the table. Ifyouroll a 1...you put 1 pepperoni on your pizza. If you roll a 2.... 2pepperonis go on your pizza. If you roll the set of teeth....OOPPSS! Yougot HUNGRY and ate one pepperoni....you take one off your card and place itback in the center of the table. When you have covered all your circleswithpepperonis...your slice is done. Continue playing ...when the secondsliceis done...combine it with the first slice....now you have half a pizza.Contintue until all the slices are covered with pepperonis and your pizzaiscomplete!!

•PIZZA ART: Depending on your age group you can precut or have thechildren cut them themselves. You will need: 1 white circle. Mix glueandred tempera paint. Spread this "pizza sauce" on the crust of your pizza(thewhite circle). Sprinkle on cheese. (we cut yellow and orange tissue inthinstrips and the children crumpled them and sprinkled them on. Put onpepperoni(red circles), green pepper strips/ white mushrooms (white mushroom halfshapes)...

•ALTERNATIVE PIZZA IDEA: You could use red circles for your pizza andVegetable Print....Mushrooms/Peppers/Onions etc. on top.

• BOOK: CURIOUS GEORGE AND THE PIZZA

•Make a pizza prop box I use every year. Here's how. Ask your nearestpizzarestaurant for a few different sized pizza boxes (small, med, and large)andthe cardboard circles they put pizzas "to go" on. Cut red felt circles tomatch the cardboard circles. Cut some circles into slices. Cut up somewhiteyarn for mozarella cheese, yellow felt pineapple chunks, biege feltmushrooms,reddish brown felt blobs for sausage, red felt circles dotted with blackmarker for pepperoni, green felt in the shape of sliced green peppers,blackfelt circles for olives. Make some menus with these items drawn on in feltpen and the words for them and small med. and large and prices. I keepeachpizza topping in its own zip-lock bag when I store this for the next year.Bring out the cash register, phone, pens and pads, aprons, cooks hats, etc.and open your pizza restaurant.

•We always go to a pizza hut or similar on a field trip. Most will let youmake your own pizza and show the kids around, etc.

•We also make our own pizza restaurant using playdough and pattern blocks.You can make menus with particular patterns to copy with the patternblocks.A good way to get math to those who don't usually go to the math center.

•After we went to the real pizza place and made our own pizzas we made a"thank-you" pizza for the restaurant to hang. I used a large foam corecircleand we made the crust from Model Magic (children kneed a little bit oforangeliquid water color into the model magic and formed it around the edge ofthelarge circle. Then I filled the middle with wall compound and the childrenstuck yarn pieces, and died woodle-bits into the wall compound. Next timeIwould get someone to cut a wooden circle because the foam core did tend towarp a little and I ended up having to glue some of the wood pieces back onafter it dried.

•Pigs and Monkeys. You can use any animals however. Split your class intotwo groups and let them pick which animal they want to be. This goes greatwith many themes because you can give the kids choices of animals that goalong with your theme. After they choose their animals they close theireyes(eyes stay closed for the rest of the game) and you move them to differentareas in the room away from other members of their group. When they areallover the room you say "GO" and they make the noise of the animal theirgroupchose. They need to find each other by sound only. Their eyes should stayclosed. This game works better with older kids. Oh, and don't forget tomovethe tables out of the way!!! The game gets loud and sometimes a littlerowdybut the kids I've played it with love it!!!

•We make pizzas every year for P week too. (painted, I mean). A fun thingtodo for the chees is to sprinkle cornmeal over the painted circle before itdries. The drying paint will hold it on. This makes an interestingtextureand the children love shaking the cornmeal. I use an old large saltshaker.

•It's also fun to make popcorn. If you can take your popcorn popperoutsideor clear a large space on the floor. Put the popper on a clean sheet andpopthe corn without the top on. This is so much fun as the children see thepopcorn fly through the air. Most of it will land on the sheet and afterallthe popcorn has popped, the children can pick it up and eat it. Make sureyouhave the children stand back from the popper as the popcorn is pretty hotright after it pops. This is a real treat for the children!

•One book that is a definite must for P week is The Piggie In The Puddle byCharlotte Pomerantz. It's published by Aladdin Books. This is one of myfavorite books! Written in rhyming form, it's the story of a little piggieplaying in a mud puddle who won't get out when her family asks her to. Oh,what's a family to do? Read and find out!

•Another big hit with the kids is "The Big Pumpkin" by Erica Silverman...withthe sing-along story tape .. they never get tired of it...

•SAM THE PIZZA MAN Hold both hands out, palms up Sam the Pizza man put a pizza in a pan dot the air and rub tummy And he put a lotta sausage on the top. (that's good) Now I know if he wouldonly put index finger on chin Add the pepperoni, shake head yes He would have a nice-a pizza!Serveit hot I would!!!!!

•PUNCHINELLO Have the children stand in a circle & pick a child to stand it thecenter.Thechild in the center will do something & the rest of the children mustfollowwhile singing this song.After the song is sung a new child is picked by the child in thecenter.

What can you do, Punchinello funny fellow?

What can you do, Punchinello funny you?

We can do it too, Punchinello funny fellow.

We can do it too, Punchinello funny you.

•Letter p- Cut a p out of strong paper and let the children glue onpopcorn.

•Pineapples-Buy a pineapple for the children to investigate. Talk aboutshape, size and texture. Cut it up and let the children try it. Compareitwith an apple.

•Paper Bag Puppets-Cut out circles for heads, arms and feet. Let childrendecorate with hair and color. Put on a puppet show

•Porcupine - a small potato/two small craft sticks/uncookedspaghetti/wiggleeyes; break craft sticks in half and place on bottom of potato for legs;glueon wiggle eyes; break uncooked spaghetti into pieces and stick into potato

Place 1 lb. can in center of 3 lb can. Fill 1 lb. can with ice creamingredients. Layer crushed ice and rock salt around the small 1 lb. can. Cover both with their plastic lids. Sit in a circleonfloor and roll the can back and forth for about 15 minutes.

• "Pat a cake, pat a cake ,Pizza Man. Make me a pizza as fast as you can! Roll it and toss it and sprinkle it with cheese. And don't forget 5 pepperonis ,please !!" Hope you can use this sometime !! The kids enjoy "spreading " red finger paint over a brown circle, thensprinkling paper "cheese" strips and finally putting the little red papercircles on for the pepperoni............

Activity PMake popcorn. Call your child into an area where they can hear the popcornpop. Each time he hears a pop your child should hop like corn popping andsay "pop". You may want to write the word "pop" on a piece of cardstock andhave the children hold their pop sign high in the air each time they saytheword "pop".

P = peanut shells

Pathways can be explored as children move from one area to another. Movein astraight, zigzag, or curved path.

The Popcorn Book by Tomie dePaolo

Popcorn Song (tune: I'm a little teapot)I'm a little kernel very small.Put me in a pot that's very tall.Add a little oil, put on the top.Heat me up and watch me pop!

PPancakeMix a pancakestir a pancakepop it in a panfry a pancaketoss a pancakecatch it fi you can

Here is a web quest about pumpkins that a friend of mine and I did forKindergartners. It does need to have an adult around but children canclick on special spots and see pictures of pumpkins even if they can'tread.

http://www2.lhric.org/kat/pmpks.htm

Hope it helps -Leslie

The Penguin

I am bird you know quite well.All dressed in black and white.And even though I do have wings,They're not designed for flight.

1. Glue two medium-sized buttons or wiggly eyes onto one end of the pineconefor eyes.2. Glue the small button underneaththe eyes for a nose.3. Glue the pompons on the bottom of the pinecone to represent squatty feet.Let all materials dry completely.4. Put a small dab of glue onto the end of a toothpick and push it into thepinecone. Hold the toothpick in place until it dries enough to supportitself. Repeat this all over the pinecone except the underneath part.5 When dry display on a desk or shelf :-)

You can make it an edible porcupine by pushing small, straight pretzels into alarge marshmallow, covering all but a "face area. Use any number of edibletreats, such as mini choc.chips or dark candy attached with a dab of peanutbutter.

There are 550 species of conifer trees. The pinecones come in many shapes andsizes.

What to do1. Place a small amount of green paint in the cup2. Paint the individual tips of the cone green. Allow to dry3. Add small spots of glue and decorate4. Wrap string or gold cord around the cone like tinsel.5. Cut a length of string or cord to hang from.

Did you know??? Moist air will cause the cone to open up and dry air willcause it to close.

The Penguin

I am bird you know quite well. All dressed in black and white. And even though I do have wings, They're not designed for flight.

I waddle, waddle, waddle, On my funny little feet. Across the icy snow I go, To find a fishy treat.

by Rozanne Williams

Does anyone know of a Polar Bear poem?>>The Polar Bear

The polar bear lives where it snows,(Flutter fingers downward)He never gets cold in a storm.(Shake head)When he swims in the icy water,(Make swimming movements.)His heavy white coat keeps him warm.(hug self)Author Marie Wheeler

Stacie from ct.

We made individual pizzas on "P" day. You take an english muffin andcut in half(one half is enough for each child). Then provide sauce,pepperoni, cheese, and anything else you can think of. We put eachchild's on a small paper plate with their name on the bottom and thenmicrowaved them. The kids loved eating their own homemade pizza.

Here is an idea that worked really well for me today at school. I've beenteaching the letter P all week and I refer to it's sound with the Puff Pufftrains make. (there is a song with it too) Anyway, I incorporated patternsinto a math lesson while teaching the letter P. On the board I drew rectangleshapes for the train's boxes and circle wheels. I made an oval face at thebeginning of the train (to mimic the little train that could) I then made theletter P as a hat and filled in the P with white smokey chalk. On therectangular boxes I wrote in a letter per box for each letter in my last name-- the kids loved it. I then gave them sentence strips after introducingpatterns at the end of the day and gave them rectangle shapes of pink andyellow for them to glue onto the sentence strips (enough rectangles to fit aletter in each part of their name.) I asked them to first make a patternusing the two colors and then to glue the pattern onto the sentence strips.The children then wrote in a letter per box in each box for their entire firstname. I then gave them blue ovals for faces. We reviewed one to onecorrespondence with the letter per box and I then asked them to pout one wheelper rectangle. Afterword I gave them a black rectangle and black circles forwheels. On the black rectangles they wrote the letter P with chalk and coloredin the P to make it smokey. They then glued the P (some children even cut outthe letter P and glued it on) above the oval faces and glued one circle perbox for the wheels. This entire activity helped me review one to onecorrespondence as well as teach the letter P and patterning. The kids had somuch fun! They used their sentence strips to puff around the classroom andjoin their friends with their trains.

Here is the song: I learned this in Kindergarten 22 years ago!!) (similar toI'm a little teapot)

glue the eyes near the top of the container.Cut the oval from the white paper. Glue it below the eyesFold the black paper in half. Draw one flipper. Cut through both thicknesses.Glue the flippers in place.Cut a heart shape from the pink paper. Glue it to the bottom of the containerwith the tip of the heart pointing to the back of the penguin.Cut a diamond shaper from the red paper. Fold it in half. Glue the bottom halfof the diamond to the container right below the eyes.

This is real cute. :-)

Sandy/K/MO~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~On Top of an Iceberg(to the tune of "On Top of Old Smokey")MR. PENGUIN (I title it this instead of On Top of anIceberg)On top of an iceberg,All covered with snow.I saw my first penguin.I wanted to know.Oh is it a bird?Or is it a fish?I look at his feathers,And knew which was which.I said, "Mr. Penguin,Which species are you?"He said, "I'm an emperor.And not a gentoo."I said, "Mr. Penguin,What's under your patch?"He said, "It's an egg,It's ready to hatch."I said, "Mr. Penguin,Oh where is your wife?""She's out in the ocean,She'll be back tonight.Said Mr. Penguin,"Her name is Jill.She's out in the ocean,Feeding on krill."The next thing I knew,I heard a peep.And I saw a chick,At the emperor's feet.

(3 songs to the tune: I'm a little teapot)

I'm a little penguinOn the ice.I think cold is very nice.I can hop around first once, then twice.I think ice is very nice.

I'm a little penguin,Black and white.Short and wobbly,An adorable sight.

I can't fly at all,but I love to swim.So I'll waddle to the waterAnd dive right in!(CharliMcClaren)

ON TOP OF AN ICEBERG (to the tune of "On Top of Old Smoky")On top of an iceberg, All covered with snow, I saw my first penguin And Iwanted to know.Oh is it a bird,Or is it a fish?I looked at his feathers,And knew which was which.

I said, "Mr. Penguin,Which species are you?"He said, "I'm an emperor,And not a gentoo."

I said, "Mr. Penguin,What's under you patch?"He said, "It's an egg,It's ready to hatch!"

I said, "Mr. Penguin,Oh, where is your wife?""She's out in the ocean,She'll be back tonight."

Said Mr. Penguin,"Her name is Jill.She's out in the ocean,Feeding on krill."

The next thing I knew,I heard a small peep.And I saw a chick,At the emperor's feet!

THREE LITTLE PENGUINSThree little penguins, dressed in white and black.Waddle, waddle forward and waddle right back!Three little penguins, in a funny pose,They are wearing their evening clothes.

Their suits are black and their vests are white.They waddle to the left and they waddle to the right.

They stand on the ice and they look very neat,As they waddle along on their little flat feet.

Six little penguins off an iceberg did dive,One bumped his beak, then there were five.

Five little penguins swam the ocean floor,One saw a whale, then there were four.

Four little penguins spun around, whee-ee!One spun off, then there were three!

Three little penguins, with nothing to do,One went fishing, then there were two.

Two little penguins, having lots of fun,One fell of, then there was one.One little penguin, when the day was done,Went home to sleep, then there were none.

Penguin Page: http://www.vni.net.80/~kwelch/penguins/

From: toto53@megsinet.net (toto53)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hello to all- so many people wanted these, that I just decided to send toall-http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Peter_and_Barbara_Barham/king_chick---this site is great for photos that can be printed--just go to thehomepage for whole thing..This couple traveled to habitats and wrote ajournal of tripshttp://www.terraquest.com/va/science/penguins/penguins.html--information andphotos.http://www.galactic.co.uk/iainf/barham---lots of photos!http://seaworls.org/Penguins/appendix.html--photos and global status,etc...There are some kindergarten sites that have penguin links,too.Let me know ifyou want these,too.Have fun!Lindy from California~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~From: kmr001@bridgewater.edu (Karen)To: Farrm@aol.com

***This can probably be done with Kinders or first graders, but requiressome teacher/adult assistance.

1. Glue one of the wooden balls to the upside down candle cup using a hotglue gun.2. Give your kiddos some black paint on a paper or styrofoam plate, orsome other surface.3. Have kids paint the entire wooden surface black and let it dry. Itdries fairly quickly.4. Give them a little white paint and have them paint the penguin's tummyand chest.5. Give each child two wiggle eyes and a nose pre-cut from orange funfoam. These can be glued on with Elmer's Glue.6. Have the children come up to you a few at a time while the rest of theclass puts the faces on their penguins.7. Glue some black wings on the penguin made from black fun foam. Hotglue works best for this, but don't let the kids use the glue gun.8. Make flippers for feet from orange fun foam and glue them to the frontof the penguin, not the bottom, or he'll be wobbly. I used my glue gunhere again because it's easier.

The hole on the bottom of the candle cup makes a convenient finger puppet!

P is for Purple popsicles: Make copies of a popsicle. Kids watercolor purpleand glue on 2 pop. sticks - very cute! SCI. Teach about freezing and melting.

POCKETS: log onto BOOKS at the bottom of this page and check out ideas for "APocket for Cordurouy"

P is for PICKLES: Draw large jar on white paper. Copy. Draw several pickles ongreen/ copy. Kids cut pickles and glue in jar. At Circle play "Who Stole thepickle from the pickle jar?" Make extra pickles, bend slightly at corners andplay a game where kids try to pick a pickle with clothespin (fine motor) Dontforget Peter Piper... for some tongue twisting fun!

Your "P" LIST: Pumpkins,pears,puzzles,peaches,Play-doh, painting,picnic,party,Pairs,Poems(rhyming words)http://v3.come.to/pop.asp$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$Letter "P": BOOK:"Pocket for Corduroy" Read story , open ended- you can end up doing a whole unit on bears if desired or ... Make'pockets' from wallpaper / have kids use memory and matching / vis.discrim. @ Circle. Copy Corduroy / ave kids cut a little pocket fromwallpaper and glue on.PICKLES: Make paper pickles on green paper. Kids cut and cut a 'jar 'for fine otor activity and glue 3 pickles in jar. At Circle play "Whotook the pickle from the Pickle jar..." game . For fine motor / havekids pick up paper pickles (bent sligtly ) with a clothespin. Forphonemic awareness (and fun) recite 'Peter Piper picked a peck ofpickled peppers.....POOH: Dont forget Pooh and Paddington stories.PLAYDOH and play."P" Cut out the letter "P" /let kids paint it Pink and Purple eitherwith little cars or marbles then make a word wall of all the "P" wordsthey can think of.PLANES : Make paper planes. Talk about transprtation.PENGUIN facts for Science lesson . Penguin art too.PAIRS: Do with any pairs - hands, feet, socks , mittens, eyes........!Patchwork quilts - make a little one with scraps of wallpaper.Don't forget to compile those ideas... Please! Laurie~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~For P, how about popsicle patterns, graphing favorite flavors, having a pajamaparty and reading Ira Sleeps Over, making peanut butter and doing a taste testto see who likes homemade peanut butter vs. store bought, so some planting,construct pictures with popsicle sticks, make patterns with these, open apuppet center and at the art center have a variety of things on hand to makepuppets.Louise~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~yes and with the popsicles, I have just drawn one on white paper, thencopier . Kids watercolor and glue on the 2 sticks - the purple looksgood enough to eat!! laurie~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*read The Pickle Creature*eat those big ole squishy dill pickles (my kids still ask for pickles)*use peppermints (individually wrapped) as counters*use pennies as counters*cut out /p/ pics from magazines*cut Pp from magazines and glue onto paper*read the Three Little Pigs & The True Story of the Three Little Pigs*eat pigs-in-a-blanket*have a picnic*eat popcorn*eat pie*make paper*eat pineapple

Pocket for Corduroy

you can estimate then count how many pockets your students arewearing; make a graph (or venn diagram) of where thepockets are located -pants, shirt, both; i have a book,Pocket, Pocket, Whats in my Pocket. - verysimple and repetitive. It is a guessing game, clues aregiven before show youthe answer. then we play this game on our own. Great for language,attributes;we finish up with a class book; The words match the book - Pocket, Pocket,what's in my pocket? (thatgoes on top of the page;) in the middle we glue on apocket (make it a flap where you can lift up the pocket). The children drawsomething under the flap. On the bottom of the page are the words, Somethingthat is ________. They write one or more descriptive words. We also makepita pocket sandwiches.

I have a copy of a bear wearing paints. I got it from my son's kindergarten teacher(he's 17 now)I have the children use the side of a crayon to rub over corregated cardboard to give the effect of corduroy. Have children add a pocket cut from wallpaper as someone suggested Hope this is helpful.

I just wanted to mention that I have a pocket apron that was made for me by a friend. I also think that you could take an old apron and sew fabric pockets on it. Mine has six pockets....One on the bib, two across the center and three across the bottom. They are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple in that order. I use this apron for rainbow scarves.....for Nursery Rhymes (One in each pocket and we play a game with the magic wand pointing to the pocket) I happen to have some little finger puppets for the Nursery Rhymes, but you could stuff your pockets with the flannel versions. There are so many ways you can use your pocket apron. It's been a great learning aid. I'm also thinking of making a shape pocket apron. I did one several years ago and made the shapes different colors. This was a mistake.....I think they should have all been the same color. (My partner made a burlap wall hanging with a dowel hemmed on the top and one on the bottom. On the piece of burlap she put 18 pockets and she tapes the children's names on each year and hangs it near our writing area. The children use it for notes and pictures to each other. The teachers can also send them a note.